#C8CA7E#C8CA7E

#C8CA7E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.098 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8CA7E
RGB	rgb(200, 202, 126)
HSL	hsl(62, 42%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(62, 38%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 37.6%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.63, -12.08, 37.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.63, 39.61, 107.76°)
OKLab	oklab(82.02% -0.033 0.0923)
OKLCH	oklch(82.02% 0.098 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.7064, 56.0276, 27.9832)
Luminance	0.5603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8CA7E #807ECA

analogous

#CAA67E #C8CA7E #A2CA7E

triadic

#C8CA7E #7EC8CA #CA7EC8

tetradic

#C8CA7E #7ECAA6 #807ECA #CA7EA2

square

#C8CA7E #7ECAA6 #807ECA #CA7EA2

split-complementary

#C8CA7E #7EA2CA #A67ECA

monochromatic

#8F923C #B6B853 #C8CA7E #DADCA9 #EDEED5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#C8CA7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.21

#C8CA7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8CA7E

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8CA7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8CA7E	1.00	1.72	12.21	12.21
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C478

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C781

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2C1B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ca7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 202, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.098 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dadaa4',
    500: '#c8ca7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ca7e;
$custom-light: #dadaa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ca7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.579,
    "s": 41.758,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82015,
    "c": 0.09799,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8CA7E

secondary

#555499

accent

#31B534

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF6

border

#D5D4D0

text

#15140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8CA7E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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